Pineapple Grove Italian eatery Il Contadino stands apart from the crowd with its small space, tight menu and often delicious food  Tucked away in Delray Beach’s Pineapple Grove, two blocks from the hustle and bustle of Atlantic Avenue, is a tiny restaurant that exudes big charm. It’s the creation of chef-owner Mike Menna, who was […]

Choosing an entree can be difficult with parms, meatballs and pizza as well as fois gras, rabbit, mahi mahi and porchetta-marinated pork chop on Josie’s menu Josie’s Ristorante in Boynton Beach is not your grandmother’s Italian restaurant. This pleasant, simply designed eatery, deep in the now-under-reconstruction Riverwalk Plaza strip center off Federal Highway at Woolbright Road, shares a driveway […]

  You might think you’re in Brooklyn at this casual eatery featuring Italian-American cuisine Take your favorite Italian spot from Brooklyn or Long Island and plop it down in in a suburban strip center in Boynton Beach and you’ve got Mamma Mia. Over the year’s it’s become my go-to place for Italian comfort food. And the crowds […]